Wall cabinet table



March 15, 1932. c. F. BARTLETT 1,849,446

WALL CABINET TABLE AFiled April I2,v 193D 2 Sheets-Sheet l March 15,1932. .C F. BARTLETT WALL CABINET TABLE Filed April l2, 1930 I2Sheets-'Sheet 2 Inventor ZV y A HomeyV Patented Mar. 15, 1932 UNITEDSTATES PATENT GFFICE CHARLES FREDRICK AIBARTLIETELT, OF HAVELOGK,NEBRASKA WALL CABINET TABLE Application filed April 2, 1930; serieu No.441,055. p

i 5 of the cabinet,said top forming a closure for the cabinet when inclosed'position.

Another very important object of the invention resides in the provisionof a wall cabinet table of this nature which is exceedingly '110 simplein its construction, easy to manipulate, thoroughly efficient andreliable in use and operation, and otherwise well adapted to the purposefor which it is designed.

With the above and numerous other obil'lli jects in view as will appearas the description proceeds, the invention resides in certain novelfeatures of construction, and in the combination and arrangement ofparts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the wall cabinet table embodying thefeatures of my invention showing the same in its closed position,

Figure 2 is a vertical section therethrough,

Figure 3 is a similar section showing the table in an extended position,

Figure 4 is a horizontal transverse section through the device in afolded position, and

Figure 5 is a bottom plan view of the table.

Figure 6 is a detail horizontal sectional view through Fig. 1 showingthe foot pedal.

Referring to the drawings in detail it will be seen that the numeral 5denotes a cabinet which is open at the front and adapted to be insertedin a wall between risers 6 or in any other suitable manner. The numeral7 denotes a plate or table top and width sulficient to close the openfront end of the cabinet 5.

This plate 7 is provided with a cross cleat 8 intermediate itsends towhich is hingedly y connected braces 9 also hingedly connected as at 10in the bottom of the cabinet 5. The side walls of the cabinet are formedwith diagonal grooves 11 in the upper portions thereof, said groovesinclining downwardly and inwardly.

A cross cleat 12 is mounted on the back of the cabinet 5 interiorlythereof. A cross cleat 14 is mounted across the upper portion of theplate 7 and has extensions 15 to ride inthe grooves 11. Spring pressedbolts 16 are y mounted in the cleats 14 and are actuable by 55 bellcrank'levers 17 in turn actuated by links 18 operated in turn by crank19 on the end of a rockable member 2O through the upper portion of theplate and actuated at its outer end by a knob 21. 1

1 With the plate'7 located as shown in Figure 2 it will be seen that bypulling out on the bottom end thereof the table may take the horizontalposition shown in Figure 3 at Y which time the boltsl are spring pressed65 inwardly in engagement with recesses in the cleat 12 so that to foldup the plate the knob 21 must be turned to release the bolt. Thus thetable is prevented from collapse.

-A foot lever 25 is'mounte'd in the lower por- "i0 Y tion of the'cabinetand includes a shaft 26 supportedl for rocking movement on the bottomwall of the cabinet, and having a pro- Vjection or arm aextendingthrough ya slot 27 r. .formed in the front of the cabinet and apro- 7 5 `jectionv or arm b at its' other end, whereby when theprojection on arm a is depressed by the foot, the shaft will be rockedto' cause the lprojection or arm Z) to press the 4lower end of the plate7 outwardly and thus startthe 80j plate in its movement f rom theVposition it occupiesin Fig. 2, 'to the position it occupies in Fig. 8,with the rest of the movement of the plate being imparted to it by hand.A spring 28 may be attached to thearm b to 5 hold the lever ininoperative position, if desired.

I It is thought that the construction, operation, utility andadvantagesof this inven- .v tion 'will now be quite apparent` to those9@ skilled in this art without a more detailed description thereof.

The present embodiment 'of the invention has been ydescribed inconsiderable detail y.

4merely for the purposes of exemplilication 95 since in actual practiceit attains the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in thestatement of the invention and the above details of construction, and inthe combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted towithoutdeparting from the spirit or scope of the invention ashereinafter claimed or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

1. A device of the class described comprising a cabinet, a table formingplate normally closing the front of the cabinet, brace members hingedtoan intermediate part of the plate, and having their lower ends hingedto the bottom of the cabinet, whereby the plate can be swung from thevertical position closing the cabinet to a horizontal position, a cleaton the inner face adjacent one end of `this plate, the side walls of thecabinet having diagonal slots in their upperv portions,

projections on the ends of the cleat engaging said slots, a cleatextending horizontally and fastened to the rear wall of the cabinet, andon which the upper or inner end of the plate rests when the plate is inhorizontal position, the last-mentioned cleat having a keeper holetherein and a latch member on the cleat of the plate engaging the keeperhole when the plate is in horizontal position to hold said plate inhorizontal position. j

2. .A device of the class described comprising a cabinet, a tableforming plate normally closing the front of the cabinet, brace membershinged to an intermediate part of the plate, and having their lower endshinged to the bottom of the cabinet, whereby the plate can be swung fromthe vertical position closing the cabinet to a horizontal position, acleat on the inner face adjacent one end of this plate, the side wallsof the cabinet having diagonal slots in their upper portions, projections on the ends of the cleat engaging said slots, a cleat extendinghorizontally and fastened to the rear wall of the cabinet, and withwhich the upper or inner end of the plate rests when the plate is inhorizontal position, the last-mentioned cleat having a keeper holetherein and a latch member on the cleat of the plate engaging thekeepervhole when the plate is in horizontalv position to hold said platein horizontal position,` and a hand operated member passing through theupper or inner part of the plate and connected with the latch member formoving the latch member to releasing position. 'Y

3. A device of the class described comprising a cabinet, a table formingplate normally closing the front ofthe cabinet, brace members hinged toan intermediate part of the plate, and having their lower ends hinged tothe bottom of the cabinet, whereby the plate can be swung from thevertical position closing the cabinet to a horizontal position, a cleaton the inner face adjacent one end of this plate, the side walls of thecabinet having diagonal slots in their upper portions, projections onthe ends of the cleat engaging said slots, a cleat extendinghorizontally and fastened to the rear wall of the cabinet, and

with which the upper or inner end of the plate rests when the plate isin horizontal position, the last-mentioned cleat having a keeper holetherein and a latch member on the cleat of the plate engaging the keeperhole when the plate is in horizontal position to hold said plate'inhorizontal position, a

hand operated member passing through the upper or inner part ofthe-plate and connected with the latch member for moving the latchmember to releasing position, and a foot operating member at the lowerend of the cab-` inet and at one sidev thereof having a foot engagingpart projected from the cabinet and a projection for engaging the lowerend of the plate when the foot engaging part is depressed to move theplate outwardly.y Y

In. testimony whereof I ailiX my signature.

CHARLES FREDRICK Y BARTLETT.

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